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H. D. .STOVER AND JOHN- W. HUTCHINSQN, O F NEW YORK, N. Y. Leiters Patent No. 69.721, dated October 8, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-PRESS. n

TO ALL WIIOM I'l MAY CONOERN Be it known that we, H. D. Szrovnn and Jenn W; HUTenxNsoN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Packing Cotton and wcdo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference boing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is-a vertical section of my invention, taken in the linear x, iig. 2.

Figure 2, a horizontal section of the same, taken in the line y y, fig. 1.

Figures 3 and 4, detached side views of the wooden barrel into which the cotton is compressed.

Figure 5, a plan o-r top View of the barrel.

Figure 6, a diagram showing a polygonal barrel to receive the cotton.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This inventiozirelates to a new and useful improvement in packing cotton, and is designed to supersede the ordinary baling process.

The invention consists in compressing or packing the cotton into wooden barrels, or into receptacles made of other material, as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby-several advantages are obtained over the present Inode of compressing and baling, as will be hereinafter `set forth.

A represents a rectangular frame, which is secured to. a suitable base, B, and may be constructed in any proper manner to insurestreng'th and durability. Within this frame A there is suspended a tube, O, which may be of cast iron, of equal diameter throughout, and extending down a suitable distance in the frameiA, a suilicient space being allowed between the lower .lend of the tubeC and the'base B to receive' the barrel or wooden u receptacleD intb which the cotton is to be compressed. E E at each side of the frame A, and have nuts F upon them, the latter being notched laterally near each end, asishow simple adjustment. H is a-screw-rod, having a plunger, rod H passes loosely through the centre ofthe cross-bar G; and on the screw-rod there -is fitted a nut, J, of

Suiicient size or diameter to be capable of being turned by hand, said nut being underneath the cross-bar G. The barrel D, in this instance, is constructed of staves, pnt together and secured by hooks like an ordinary barrel or cask. The barrel has its head Z1 removed, the u p per hoop c being taken off to admit of that being donc, and the barrel placedunderneath the tubel C, lthe .upper end of the barrel being in contact with the lower endet' the tube, and the barreliclampcdfor retained in position by sliding or adjustable blocks K K, which ar'e made to embrace the lower end 'ofltliefjbarrel by keys L L, as shown clearly in figs. 1 and 2. On the upper part ofthe barrel D, previous to its adjustment underneath the tube C, there is fitted a metal band, M, the ends of which are bent outward to form two parallel ears or lugs d ci, on which an voval link, N, is i'ittcd, as shown in figs. 3 and 4.

After the barrel is adjusted underneath th to be packed or compressed into the barrel pla The plunger I is then placed in the tube C on are twometallic rods, which extend upward, one which serve vns stops or bearings for a cross-bar, G,

n at a, so that it may be fitted on the rods by a very I, at its lower end to work in the tube C. This scrcwc tube C, the plunger I is removed from the tube, and the cotton ced in the tube, .and the head I1 of the barrelpla'ced on the cotton. the head b, the cross-bar G adjusted on the rods E E underneath per' direction to forcedown .the plunger and compress the cotton wn until the head b enters the upper end of' the barrel, when the pcd, and the oval. link N is turned to the position shown in iig. 3, which causes the band Muto draw inward and bind tightlyvtogether the upper parts of the staves of the barrel, so that the head b will be firmly secured in the filled' barrel. 'The latter is then removed from the base B, the upper hoop c driven on lthe upperl end of'the b`arrel, and the band M removed therefrom. The plunger I is then taken out from the tube C by detaching the cross-bar G f rom the rods E E, a head taken out of an empty barrel, which is fitted underneath the tube C as before, the necessary amount of' cotton to iill th'e barrel placed in4 tube C, the plunger I' adjusted therein, and th'e operation repeated.

In practice we propose to have the barrels made in hexagonal form, as shown in iig. 6, to admit of them into the barrel D. The cottony is forced do being stowed compaetly away with but little or -no loss of room.

By this invention cotton may be compressed within a small compa-ss for shipment or storage with greater facility and with less expense than by the ordinary hailing process; :1nd the barrels when malle of wood will also possess u commercial value after the entton is taken from them. especially in Europe, Where lumher is comparatively scarce and high.

vc claim :is new, nml desire to lsecure by Letters Patent- 1. The construction nnfl arrangement of the suspended lnhe C \\ithin the frame A, providell with the plunger I, attached to the screw-rod Il. ml'instnble cross-har G, wheel J, guide-rods E, ne herein set l'erlh.

2. Binding the upper part of the slaves of the hnrrel D together hy nienns of the 'uuml M, having parallel projections I) b upon its ends, :unl oval link N, substantially :1s hei ein shown nml described.

3. Securing the barrel D beneath the tubeC and plunger I livr means of the zivljnslnhle hlm-ks K nml keys L L, constructed :unl nrrnngeil ns herein set forth.

II. D. STOVER,

JOHN W. HUTCUINSON.

Witnesses:

WM. F. hielNmAn/r7 ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

